Published September 20, 2007 · 0 comments

Modders-INC has a look at the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 heatsink and fan combo. The cooler would appear to be your run-of-the-mill tower unit with the appropriate heatpipes but the company decided to have the heatpipes come in direct contact with your…

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Published September 20, 2007 · 0 comments

The Inquirer writes of Compal’s breakthrough in notebook cooling at Intel Developer’s Forum. The company claims to have perfected a system where the lid of a notebook, where the LCD resides…

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Published September 19, 2007 · 0 comments

2CPU has a look at Intel’s upcoming “Harpertown” server CPUs. The chips are made with a 45nm process and sport quite a bit more cache than previous Xeon models lending itself to some powerful number crunching duties. Impressive hardware for…

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Published September 19, 2007 · 0 comments

AnandTech has some day 2 coverage from the Intel Developer Forum. They chronicle Intel’s plans to shrink the PC and make it much less power hungry and they’ve even got their sites on hardware that could one day create..well…media richer…

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Published September 19, 2007 · 0 comments

HardwareLogic has a look at the Intel QX6850 quad core CPU. The chip is, of course, of the Core 2 pedigree meaning you’ll be getting great performance but they also toss in some extra nice features for the enthusiast crowd…

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Published September 18, 2007 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has a look at the Super Talent W1866UX2G8 DDR3-1866 memory kit. The pair of 1GB modules represents some of the fastest memory available but it’s currently limited to very few motherboards. A nice product with plenty of headroom for…

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Published September 18, 2007 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look into one of MSI’s motherboard fabrication plants. MSI is one of the largest board makers around supplying products for run of the mill office machines and enthusiast class products. They took a quick look this go…

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Published September 18, 2007 · 0 comments

AnandTech spent a rather productive day sitting in on keynotes and demonstrations of Intel’s plans over the next few years at the Intel Developer Forum. The company has many new projects in the works including a new GPU project and…

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Published September 18, 2007 · 0 comments

The Tech Report writes of Intel’s next Core 2 chips codenamed “Penryn” and their impending release on November 12th. The new chips will be made with a 45nm process improving the yields per wafer and should show up with the…

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Published September 17, 2007 · 0 comments

Tweaknews has a look at the Thermalright V2 VGA cooler. The company has done away with their usual copper base/heatpipe and aluminum fin design (all nicely nickel plated) for an all copper unit that promises to lower your GPU temperatures….

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Published September 17, 2007 · 0 comments

bit-tech has a look at the BFGTech 8600 GTS OC2 ThermoIntelligence graphics card. The board is slightly higher clocked than the stock 8600GTS design and includes a better cooler which translates to lower chip temperatures. A solid mid-range optionthat finally…

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